noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/fəˈnæt.ɪ.sɪ.zəm/
US:/fəˈnæɾ.ɪ.sɪ.zm̩/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The characteristic or practice of being a fanatic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
excessive intolerance of opposing views
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fanatism, zealotry
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: intolerance
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin fānāticuslbor. ▲ French fanatiqueinflu. English fanatic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English fanaticism From fanatic + -ism.
Across languages
Translations
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
fanatizëm
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Arabic:
تَعَصُّب
(taʕaṣṣub)
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Armenian:
ֆանատիզմ
(fanatizm)
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Azerbaijani:
təəssübkeşlik
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Belarusian:
фанаты́зм
(fanatýzm)
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Belarusian:
фанаты́чнасць
(fanatýčnascʹ)
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Bulgarian:
фанати́зъм
(fanatízǎm)
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Bulgarian:
фанати́чност
(fanatíčnost)
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Catalan:
fanatisme
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Chinese Mandarin:
狂熱 /狂热
(kuángrè)
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Chinese Mandarin:
狂信
(kuángxìn)
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Czech:
fanatismus
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Danish:
fanatisme
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Dutch:
fanatisme
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Estonian:
fanatism
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Finnish:
fanaattisuus
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Finnish:
fanatismi
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Finnish:
kiihkoilu
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Finnish:
kiihko
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
French:
fanatisme
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Galician:
fanatismo
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Georgian:
ფანატიზმი
(panaṭizmi)
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
German:
Fanatismus
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
German:
Eiferertum
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Greek:
φανατισμός
(fanatismós)
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Hungarian:
fanatizmus
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Italian:
fanatismo
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Japanese:
狂信
(kyōshin)
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Japanese:
ファナティシズム
(fanatishizumu)
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Korean:
열광
(yeolgwang)
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Korean:
광신
(gwangsin)
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Korean:
광신주의
(gwangsinjuui)
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Latvian:
fanātisms
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Lithuanian:
fanatizmas
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Macedonian:
фанати́зам
(fanatízam)
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Norwegian Bokmål:
fanatisme
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Persian:
تعصب
(ta'assob)
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Polish:
fanatyzm
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Portuguese:
fanatismo
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Romanian:
fanatism
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Russian:
фанати́зм
(fanatízm)
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Russian:
фанати́чность
(fanatíčnostʹ)
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Serbo-Croatian:
фана̀тично̄ст
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Serbo-Croatian:
fanàtičnōst
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Slovak:
fanatizmus
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Slovene:
fanatizem
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Spanish:
fanatismo
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Swedish:
fanatism
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Tajik:
таъассуб
(ta'assub)
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Tajik:
таассуб
(taassub)
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Turkish:
bağnazlık
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Turkish:
fanatiklik
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Turkish:
fanatizm
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Ukrainian:
фанати́зм
(fanatýzm)
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Ukrainian:
фанати́чність
(fanatýčnistʹ)
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Uzbek:
mutaassiblik
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Uzbek:
fanatizm
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Uzbek:
fanatiklik
— characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
